OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 40034

campy

/ˈkæmpi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
amanerado • camp • exagerado • teatral • teatrero
Characterized by camp or kitsch, especially when deliberate or intentional.
It no longer worked, culturally or financially, to be either snooty or campy about lowbrow culture; at the same time its mediation of highbrow culture no longer counted for much ei…
Stu liked to watch campy B-movie horror flicks from the 1950s, not because they scared him, but because he found them funny.
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